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Mycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, to wander the world being as useful as he can to all he meets. Carlyle Foster is a sensayer--a spiritual counselor in a world that has outlawed the public practice of religion, but which also knows that the inner lives of humans cannot be wished away.

Deep in the sewers of New York City, the rat population is growing. Dr. Randolph Finch is determined to break the cycle. His new rodenticide, Degenesis, doesn’t kill rats. It sterilizes them from reproducing. But nothing adapts faster than a New York rat.... City exterminators and soon-to-be divorced Chris and Benita Jackson think they know how these rats think. They know how rats breed. And they fear that Degenesis has only made these rats stronger. More aggressive. More intelligent. And more ravenous than ever...

Aral Kingslayer has nothing to lose - and only justice to gain. Torn apart by the death of his goddess, he must avenge her in order to save himself from being lost forever.... It’s been nine long years since the death of his patron, Namara, and exalted assassin Aral Kingslayer desperately misses the thrill and glory of being a higher power of justice. Now he is haunted by the ghosts of the past - and by the ghost of the lost goddess herself.

Just like the detective of the same last name Warlock solves crimes, but instead of using his powers of deduction, he uses powers of a more magical nature. With the help of his ever resourceful and trusted companion, Dr. Watson, Holmes solves some of the oddest and supernatural cases in England. Having recently returned from the dead, Warlock needs some serious recuperation time, so he can appear a little less corpse-like.

Necromancer is such an ugly word, but it's a title Eric Carter is stuck with. He sees ghosts, talks to the dead. He's turned it into a lucrative career, putting troublesome spirits to rest, sometimes taking on even more dangerous things. For a fee, of course. When he left LA 15 years ago, he thought he'd never go back. Too many bad memories. Too many people trying to kill him.

Humanity has been brought to the brink of extinction. Each night, the world is overrun by demons - bloodthirsty creatures of nightmare that have been hunting the surface for over 300 years. A scant few hamlets and half-starved city-states are all that remain of a once proud civilization, and it is only by hiding behind wards, ancient symbols with the power to repel the demons, that they survive. A handful of Messengers brave the night to keep the lines of communication open between the increasingly isolated populace.

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Multiple times a day, in cities across the US and beyond, a simple yet powerful message is repeated by the well-meaning, the ignorant, and the bigoted: “don’t go”—avoid at all costs those Black and Brown disinvested neighborhoods that have become bywords for social disorder and urban decay. This book is a collection of intimate stories that uncover the hidden influence of both subtle and overt “don’t go” messages and the segregation they perpetuate in Chicago. 

Blanca Oliveira pronto se arrepentirá de haber regresado al caserón familiar del monte Abantos donde hace trece años desapareció su hija Alba sin dejar rastro. A los pocos meses de instalarse allí con Ricardo, su nuevo marido, y las dos hijas que le quedan, desaparece otra de ellas. La historia se repite: la edad de las niñas, el inspector de policía encargado de resolver el caso, la única pista, una cinta roja hallada en el jardín, la muerte de un caballo, el cuento de hadas relacionado con la historia de la familia que pesa sobre cada uno de sus miembros como una maldición.

Embarrassing breakups at work cost you promotions. Phoebe learned that the hard way. So when a patron's will names her as the director of a new museum in Serendipity Springs, she jumps at the chance to prove her professionalism. Her new plan: focus on work. Ignore distractions. Definitely ignore men. Easy peasy. But then the mailbox in Phoebe's quirky apartment building starts delivering a series of old love letters written between strangers… sixty years ago.

La decisión de no mostrar los sentimientos por miedo al rechazo o por el ego, y el deseo de conquistar de modo recurrente son constantes en las formas de amar en estos tiempos, cuando se elige dominar al otro. Mientras en otros existe un apasionamiento obsesivo y febril por alcanzar fundirse con un ser que no sabe amar ni le interesa aprender, haciendo de la idealización de ese amor una cadena que los mantiene atados a una relación tóxica, sin paz, plagada de maltrato psicológico mutuo.

Las formas en que aman los hombres dependen de la relación que tienen o tuvieron con su madre, de sus conocimientos innatos, del modo de asumir sus lesiones emocionales, del peso que brindan al entorno social que los rodea, de su nivel cultural y de los valores que los motivan. Hay hombres con miedo al compromiso, con necesidad de maltratar y dominar, hombres que se vengan de antiguas huellas de traición en cada nueva pareja, hombres infieles para alimentar su ego, hombres pusilánimes ante mujeres tiranas, hombres de amores virtuales...

The brave warrior Macbeth allows himself to be persuaded by Lady Macbeth, his wife, to slay good King Duncan and seize the throne of Scotland for himself. Macbeth achieves his ambition, but one murder proves not to be enough as he desperately attempts to eliminate all who might threaten his ill-gotten power. Descending into paranoia, Macbeth achieves his ambition but ravages his soul.

En enero de 1939, las tropas de Franco entran triunfantes en Barcelona. Con ellas va Mauricio Casasnovas, guapo como un artista de cine. Es el heredero de una empresa textil, al que espera una mujer sumisa y un futuro dorado de noches en el Liceo, los mejores sastres y fulanas de lujo. Pero la brutalidad de la guerra ha abierto una grieta en su corazón que no deja de agrandarse. Mauricio, a pesar de estar casado, conoce por primera vez el amor y la pasión con una obrera de su fábrica, cuyo marido está encarcelado.

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Lilas never expects salvation to come in the form of a ruthless space pirate. Auctioned off to an alien harem, she has steeled herself for a life of captivity—until Razion and his crew storm the ship, taking her as their own spoils. But freedom with the Zaruxian rogue comes with its own dangers. As she fights for a place among his outlaw band, her walls crumble, and she surrenders to the fire Razion awakens in her. Yet, when she overhears a secret that makes her doubt everything they have built, fear overpowers love, and she runs before he can shatter her.

Stoccolma, inizio Novecento. Elisabeth, venticinque anni, si è appena trasferita in città, dove ha accettato un lavoro come impiegata. Abita in un minuscolo appartamento di Norrtullsgatan, nel quartiere residenziale di Vasastan, a Stoccolma, insieme ad altre tre ragazze, Eva, Baby ed Emmy, tutte segretarie come lei. Non è una vita facile la loro: single e senza una famiglia che le aiuti, devono lavorare duramente per mantenersi, in cambio di un salario che basta a malapena a garantire loro la sopravvivenza e in un ambiente maschilista che le costringe a subire le molestie.

Obra maestra de la narrativa del XIX y una de las grandes novelas de Jane Austen, Emma cuenta la historia de una inteligente y laboriosa joven empeñada en hacer de Celestina de todas sus amistades. Cuando su institutriz, amiga y confidente decide contraer matrimonio, Emma Woodhouse se queda sola con sus propios sentimientos y se enfrenta al vacío de su vida y a la penosa tarea de intentar que los demás lleven una vida tan perfecta como la suya.

When Aksel Bergstrom ordered me to undress and put myself on display for him the first time, his instruction was sent by text, and he merely observed as I blushed and begged and climaxed. But now this bearded brute is here in person, stripping me bare and spanking my ass red for the slightest hint of defiance before tying me down and using my helplessly bound body shamefully. Because the bastard ravaging me like a Viking of old isn't some mysterious stalker. He's one of the Sons of Odin. And I belong to them now.

Evie Quinn is tired. Of magical politics. Of cursed bouquets. Of hot Shifter Lords who kiss her like a promise and then send her potential love interest to another state. All she wants is to run her flower shop in peace, maybe master the whole "accidentally-a-Chimera" thing, and avoid becoming a pawn in the games of gods and Lords. But when has Evie ever gotten what she wanted?